Black History Month Lectures

SMC professor Time Conley will talk with former LA radio personality, Ben Kelly, and entertainment project manager, Joi Hardy, about career strategies in radio and entertainment media. Kelly covered benchmark events like the O.J. Simpson trial and the 1992 L.A. Riots while at legendary 92.3 The Beat (now The Real 92.3), and currently serves as the Young Life College Director at the University of Southern California. Hardy works as an entertainment project manager. For NBCUniversal, she mangled custom sponsorships and creative cones across Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Movietickets.com, and Flixster for studio streaming, and brand clients, including Disney, Sony, Fox, STX, and Netflix. Part of Black History Month and the Communication & Media Series. Additional sponsors: SMC's Black Collegians Program and the SMC Communication & Media Studies Department.

Sociologist and LA Pierce College professor James McKeever talks about the social aspects and effects of the criminalization of the black male and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Co-authors of They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky: The True Story Of Three Lost Boys From Sudan - the story of three young boys and their arduous journey after their South Sudan homes were torched by napalm - discusses the challenges they faced.